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@@ -7325,7 +7325,9 @@ need to be passed verbatim to shell commands."
(defvar insert-directory-program (purecopy "ls")
- "Absolute or relative name of the `ls' program used by `insert-directory'.")
+ "Absolute or relative name of the `ls'-like program.
+This is used by `insert-directory' and `dired-insert-directory'
+\(thus, also by `dired').")
(defcustom directory-free-space-program (purecopy "df")
"Program to get the amount of free space on a file system.